Flâneuserie in Türkan Yeşilyurt’s ‘Fahri’
The circulation of the female body in the city
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20252540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nazlı Memiş Baytimur (0000-0001-7591-1122, Sinop University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cogent Arts and Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-1983 • E-ISSN: 2331-1983 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23311983.2026.2633057 |
| OpenAlex | W7130647291 |
| Language | DE |
| References cited | 10 |
This study examines Türkan Yeşilyurt’s poetry collection Fahri through feminist literary theory, focusing on the concept of the flâneuse. Traditionally defined as a male observer of the city, the flâneur has been reconceptualized by feminist scholars to include the flâneuse, representing women’s embodied experiences in urban space. In Fahri, the female subject is interpreted as a poetic flâneuse who reclaims visibility through bodily and mnemonic presence in the city. Using qualitative textual analysis, the study explores how space, memory, and the female body interact in the poems. The analysis draws on Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, Walter Benjamin’s writings on the flâneur, and Gaston Bachelard’s poetics of space. Rather than portraying the city as neutral backdrop, Yeşilyurt renders it a layered memory site marked by trauma, longing, and gendered social dynamics. The flâneuse emerges not only as an observer, but as an agent who transforms space through poetic language and challenges patriarchal boundaries. Through affective and spatial circulation, the poems construct a feminist poetics of resistance. In doing so, the article contributes to feminist urban poetics in contemporary Turkish literature by foregrounding the co-production of gendered mobility, spatial memory, and digital mediation
Blood circulation · Population · French Literature and Critical Theory · French Literature and Criticism · Literature and Culture Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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